Suspenders.



W. C. REINMUTH.

SVUSPENDERS.

APPLlcHloN FILED JUNE 8.1916.

Patented J une 5, 1917.

WILLAM. C. REINIVIUTH, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFDRNIA.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters E'atent.

Application led J' une 8, 1916. Serial No. 102,581.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM C. REIN- MU'ri-r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful mprovement in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to suspenders, and the principal` object of my invention is to provide asuspender which will give thewearer greater freedom of movement and greater personal ease than is possible with the ordinary types of Suspenders now on the marliet.

A further object of my invention is to provide a suspender having the following advantages: l

(a) It allows for a wider distribution of the suspender pull on the article being supported, said pull coming from the shoulders of the wearer. i

This wider distribution of pull permits of a superior balance of the article to be supported.

(c) The suspender is so arranged that it conforms to every motion of the wearer, whether standing, sitting, or stooping.

(CZ) It will notslide off the shoulders.

(e) It will not cause chaflng under the arms.

(f) It will prevent -the front of the trousers of the wearer from crowding at the waist line.

(g) It will prevent crowding of the trousers at the seat and crotch.

(7a) It at all times relieves the strain on the spine of the wearer, especially during the act of bendingforward.

(i) It relieves the tendency to tear off the rear buttons of trousers.

(j) It is especially beneficial lto stoop shouldered persons; it is'sure to bring relief; and willloe the means of improving the health of millions of persons.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrativepurposes only:

Figure 1 is a view showing a rear view of the suspender in place on a wearer.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the suspender in position on a wearer, as 'viewed from the front.

Fig. 3 is a view of the completed suspender.

Fig. i l is a view on an enlarged scale of the rear construction of a suspender.

Fig. 5 is a view on the same scale of the front of a` suspender.

Fig. 6 is a view on the same scale of an alternative construction of my suspender .using four buttons.

ln the form of my invention shown in the drawings, two straps of elastic webbing 1.1 and 12 are provided, these straps being both securedy to a back bar 13 and being passed through front bars 111 to form a sliding loop 15 by which the length of the straps 11 and 12 may be varied. Secured to each of tlie,frout bars, as shown in Fig. 5, is a slide support 16, this slide support being equipped with an upper slide 17 and a lower slide 18. Secured tothe lower end of the slide support 16 is a. cord 19, this cord passing downwardly and over a slide 20 attached to a central tab 21. The cord 19 then passes upwardly and through the lower slide 18 and downwardly and to the right through a right slide 22 securedto a right tab 23. The cord 19 then passes upwardly through the upper slide 17 and downwardly and to the left and through a left slide 211 which is secured to aI left tab 25. The cord 19 then passes upwardly and is secured at 26 to the slide support 16 between the slides 17 and 18.

Secured to the rear bar 13, as shown in Fig. a, is a leather or fabric member 30, this member carrying a central slide 31. An intermediate cord 32 is secured at 33 to the left end of the bar 13, passing downwardly through a left intermediate slide 34, upwardly through the central slide 31, downwardly through a right intermediate slide 35, and upwardly to the right end of the bar 13, being secured thereto at the point 36.

Secured to each of the slides 34 and 35 is a lower slide 37, these slides having a cord 38 secured at one end thereto, these cords passing downwardly and through a straight pull slide 39 to which a straight pull tab 40 is attached, the cord 38 then passing upwardly through the slide 37 and oft' at an angle to an angular pull tab l1 to which the cord 38 is attached.

In the form of my invention illustrated Patented J une 5, 191V?.

in Fig. 6, a loar is supported in one of the loops 15, this loar carrying an upper slide 51, an intermediate slide 52, and a lower slide 53. A ycord 54 is attached to a left center pull tab 55 passing through the lower slide 53 and through a slide 56 attached to a right end talo 57 passing from this slide through the upper slide 5l and through a slide 58 attached to a lett end tab 59 passing from the slide 58 through the intermediate slide 52 to a right center tab 60."

The various tabs are secured to buttons as showny in the drawings, 'four buttons heingv ordinarily used at the hack and siX louttons at the front, if the Suspenders are assembled as shown. Various modifications of the principles involved may loe made Without departing from the spirit of the invention as outlined in the claims.

|Ihe method of operation of the invention is more or less obvious from the drawing'. The principle of the invention is Well illustrated in Fig. 4., and particular attention is called to the arrangement olf the cords38 in that figure. It Will he seen that tivo strands of the cord pass straight down- Wardly to the slide 39, Whereas only one strand passes over obliquely to the tab al. The result of this is that as the cord slides freely in the slides, and the tension on'all portions of the cord is approximately equal at all times, the talos l() are given twice the sustaining power of the talos 4:1. B y this means the straight pull on which the majority of the strains come is Well equipped to stand these strains and the oblique pull, which is much less, is compensated for by the single strand Which pulls ohliquely.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a suspender; a strap; a central tab in longitudinal extension of said strap; a pair ofyside talos located on opposite sides of said central talc; slides carried on said strap and said tabs; and a cord passing through said slides and connecting said tabs with said strap in such a manner as to produce an equal tension on each of said talos.

2. In a suspender; a strap; a har on said strap; strap slides attached to said bar; a central tab; a central tab slide secured to said central tab; a pair of side tabs located on opposite sides of said central tab; a side tab slide secured to each of said side tabs; and a Vcord secured at either end to said loar and passing successively through said central talo slide, one of said strap slides, one of said side tab slides, the other loar slide, and the other side tab slide.

8.*In a suspender; a strap; a central tab in longitudinal. extension of said strap; a pair of side taloslocated on opposite sides of said central talo; slides carried on said strap and said tabs; and a cord passing through said slides and connecting said talos with said strap.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 2nd day of June, 1916.

WILLIAM C. REINMUTII.

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